Actually, he's buying the GPS data attached to each and every photo taken via Instagram, which will enable him to better target advertisements for places nearby. What appears to be no business model is actually a very clever one - encourage users to take photo's with their iPhone/Android, apply a stupid sepia tone to make it look "classic" and in the process, tell the service where they are down to a GPS co-ordinate, so that companies in the area can have their products advertised to the users.
Since Facebook (like Google) is an advertising company, this makes a lot of sense.
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In story #1, why was the tech's computer powered up, logged in to the network, and not locked? That's the only way someone could walk up to it and access 'My Computer'. Sorry, I call BS.
Derr, the password was on the sticky note on the monitor! Don't you know anything?!?
This particular kid already has issues with starting fights at the school.... I've actually met the father, he doesn't seem like the responsible type at all. He certainly struck me as the kind of parent who takes the attitude that "all video games are for children", which may well be contributing to this. His attitude is a fairly similar one amongst parents who didn't grow up with video games (unlike me and my wife who are both gamers, as are our children).
I don't know how this particular piece of legislation is going to make the slightest bit of difference... since it's usually the parent buying the game for the kid anyway. One of the 9 year old kids at my daughters school brought in his latest game for the xbox the other day - Singularity, rated M. He is 9, and his dad thinks it's ok for him to play.
I stand corrected... I had been told (and stupidly took on faith) the information that Telstra were using a non-standard frequency for 4G. My humble apologies... and to all the 7 other people below who are correcting me as well.
Actually, I live just outside of Melbourne. I don't get FTA reception (digital or analog) at my house, and it's no loss whatsoever.
Telstra aren't responsible for the frequencies broadcasting analog TV, nice way to mis-read what I said. Telstra *are* responsible for setting up a "4G" network on a frequency which is different to 4G elsewhere...
Actually, in this case, it's not Apple's fault, which I fully expect them to stand up in court and say. The blame for this particular problem lies with Telstra, who run the only "4G" network in Australia - which operates on a different spectrum than the 4G networks used everywhere else in the world. Incidentally, this is because most of Australia's luddite population (including a lot of my friends and family) are clinging on to analog TV which is still being broadcast on the spectrum band that the rest of the world uses for 4G.
how much sleep do you get in that half hour? do you manage to see the safety demonstration?
at least you'll be relaxed if there's an emergency landing.
Usually I get 25 minutes sleep in that half hour. I've seen the safety presentation for every type of aircraft that I fly in currently. If there is an emergency, I hope they don't wake me up for it.
I'm just so glad that the Queensland Police have solved all the outstanding crime and corruption within their ranks, in their fair state! Hopefully I'll be receiving a call soon about my entire worldly possessions which were stolen in 1995 during the brief 8 months I lived there. Oh yeah, fat chance.
I pity the poor guys who are on tech support for the cops.
If any sysadmin cant understand the naming convention in 15 seconds, it's a bad convention.
So true... my last gig was at a place where the naming convention was a mix of football players names, cricket players names and character's from the Matrix movies. Made zero sense - yet they didn't want to make changes that would've meant it was logical. Oh yeah, zero documentation too! Very glad to have moved to a new company, where I've been able to implement a naming scheme for servers which makes logical sense - function/number-location.domainname.
You may think it's too specific however it's highly relevant information and should've been in the summary... if it's the third hop, there's nothing you can do at your place to fix it, and most of the above comments are redundant. This issue needs to be escalated within their networks team... *sigh*
Done exactly that. At my last job I was given a Motorola Defy. Sure, I could download heaps of cool little apps with it. But the bloody thing was so bogged down wwith all the pre-loaded crap that the carrier insisted it needed to have, which couldn't be removed without rooting the phone, which I couldn't do as it was a work phone. The Motoblur software was a festering pile of shit that was so un-intuitive to use, and often crashed. During the 11 months I was there, one software update came out for that model phone on Telstra, to Android 2.2.2 - when all the other phones were getting updates to 2.3.x. Compared with my personal iphone 3gs, the Motorola Defy was a pile of shit. Yes I could get a different launcher app, which I did, but after about a month, everything would crash on the defy and i'd need to do a factory reset, reinstall all the apps and reconfigure everything wasting a couple of hours each time.
And then there was the hardware faults... 25 days after I got it, it's internal speaker stopped working and the only way I could hear people who I called or called me was if I put them onto Speaker or used the hands free kit. The phone got swapped over for a replacement, and 34 days after that the same problem developed. At which point, outside of the 30 day period for replacement under warranty, it had to be repaired. It was sent off to be repaired and was gone for 5 weeks, during which I had a non-smart phone to use for work.
Was enough of a bad experience that I couldn't in good conscience recommend an android phone for anyone. Sure, there are probably much better android phones than this pile of shit, but I went into it with an open mind and quite disillusioned with my 3gs, and came out very disappointed.
Do you suppose it's possible that Telstra is taking a similar tactic? They may be requiring that people still have copper for the initial rollout while they test the POTS capabilities, and plan on switching to a pure FTTH network in the future?
It's possible, but unlikely - Telstra have made some remarkably stupid, closed minded decisions in the past and honestly, their millions of 'mum and dad shareholders' who always choose telstra regardless of real choice being available will blindly take this option and pay for things they don't need.
so it's entirely possible that Telstra really is evil, but *shrugs*.
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Since Facebook (like Google) is an advertising company, this makes a lot of sense.
I first read it in 1995...
In story #1, why was the tech's computer powered up, logged in to the network, and not locked? That's the only way someone could walk up to it and access 'My Computer'. Sorry, I call BS.
Derr, the password was on the sticky note on the monitor! Don't you know anything?!?
This particular kid already has issues with starting fights at the school.... I've actually met the father, he doesn't seem like the responsible type at all. He certainly struck me as the kind of parent who takes the attitude that "all video games are for children", which may well be contributing to this. His attitude is a fairly similar one amongst parents who didn't grow up with video games (unlike me and my wife who are both gamers, as are our children).
I don't know how this particular piece of legislation is going to make the slightest bit of difference... since it's usually the parent buying the game for the kid anyway. One of the 9 year old kids at my daughters school brought in his latest game for the xbox the other day - Singularity, rated M. He is 9, and his dad thinks it's ok for him to play.
my blanket apology is above... and posted 8 minutes before you posted this.
my blanket apology is above...
I like your unobtanium analogy...
I stand corrected... I had been told (and stupidly took on faith) the information that Telstra were using a non-standard frequency for 4G. My humble apologies... and to all the 7 other people below who are correcting me as well.
Telstra aren't responsible for the frequencies broadcasting analog TV, nice way to mis-read what I said. Telstra *are* responsible for setting up a "4G" network on a frequency which is different to 4G elsewhere...
Actually, in this case, it's not Apple's fault, which I fully expect them to stand up in court and say. The blame for this particular problem lies with Telstra, who run the only "4G" network in Australia - which operates on a different spectrum than the 4G networks used everywhere else in the world. Incidentally, this is because most of Australia's luddite population (including a lot of my friends and family) are clinging on to analog TV which is still being broadcast on the spectrum band that the rest of the world uses for 4G.
how much sleep do you get in that half hour? do you manage to see the safety demonstration?
at least you'll be relaxed if there's an emergency landing.
Usually I get 25 minutes sleep in that half hour. I've seen the safety presentation for every type of aircraft that I fly in currently. If there is an emergency, I hope they don't wake me up for it.
Sleeping is by far the best way to fly.
And to think I spent all my mod points yesterday. Dammit.
I pity the poor guys who are on tech support for the cops.
"What could possibly go wrong?!?"
... PORN?!?
Keep your Pi day, I know what I'm attending... http://www.officialsteakandblowjobday.com/
If any sysadmin cant understand the naming convention in 15 seconds, it's a bad convention.
So true... my last gig was at a place where the naming convention was a mix of football players names, cricket players names and character's from the Matrix movies. Made zero sense - yet they didn't want to make changes that would've meant it was logical. Oh yeah, zero documentation too! Very glad to have moved to a new company, where I've been able to implement a naming scheme for servers which makes logical sense - function/number-location.domainname.
there are ads on slashdot?!?
You may think it's too specific however it's highly relevant information and should've been in the summary... if it's the third hop, there's nothing you can do at your place to fix it, and most of the above comments are redundant. This issue needs to be escalated within their networks team... *sigh*
Simple solution, get your retarded country to stop being so retarded all the time! ;)
Done exactly that. At my last job I was given a Motorola Defy. Sure, I could download heaps of cool little apps with it. But the bloody thing was so bogged down wwith all the pre-loaded crap that the carrier insisted it needed to have, which couldn't be removed without rooting the phone, which I couldn't do as it was a work phone. The Motoblur software was a festering pile of shit that was so un-intuitive to use, and often crashed. During the 11 months I was there, one software update came out for that model phone on Telstra, to Android 2.2.2 - when all the other phones were getting updates to 2.3.x. Compared with my personal iphone 3gs, the Motorola Defy was a pile of shit. Yes I could get a different launcher app, which I did, but after about a month, everything would crash on the defy and i'd need to do a factory reset, reinstall all the apps and reconfigure everything wasting a couple of hours each time.
And then there was the hardware faults... 25 days after I got it, it's internal speaker stopped working and the only way I could hear people who I called or called me was if I put them onto Speaker or used the hands free kit. The phone got swapped over for a replacement, and 34 days after that the same problem developed. At which point, outside of the 30 day period for replacement under warranty, it had to be repaired. It was sent off to be repaired and was gone for 5 weeks, during which I had a non-smart phone to use for work.
Was enough of a bad experience that I couldn't in good conscience recommend an android phone for anyone. Sure, there are probably much better android phones than this pile of shit, but I went into it with an open mind and quite disillusioned with my 3gs, and came out very disappointed.
I often have the same issue. My standard answer is "No, but for $100 I'll answer your questions like I do!". Haven't had any takers... yet :)
Assuming you meant "who" instead of "how"... his name is David Thodey, and he's a lot less controversial than the previous CEO, Sol Trujillo.
Do you suppose it's possible that Telstra is taking a similar tactic? They may be requiring that people still have copper for the initial rollout while they test the POTS capabilities, and plan on switching to a pure FTTH network in the future?
It's possible, but unlikely - Telstra have made some remarkably stupid, closed minded decisions in the past and honestly, their millions of 'mum and dad shareholders' who always choose telstra regardless of real choice being available will blindly take this option and pay for things they don't need.
so it's entirely possible that Telstra really is evil, but *shrugs*.
Completely and utterly.